Committees & Workgroups

Standing Committees

• Biosolids Management Committee

  Addresses all biosolids issues related to the implementation of federal biosolids regulations and related requirements, including land application, incineration, and other management practices.  The Committee also actively tracks efforts at the state and local level to limit biosolids management options.  Roster

• Climate & Resiliency Committee

  Focuses on how clean water agencies can respond to the challenges and uncertainties faced due to climate change.  Also focuses on advancing the role that clean water agencies can play in community resiliency – such as reducing emissions, augmenting water supplies, reducing flooding and protecting water quality. Roster

• Communications & Public Affairs Committee

  Addresses communications and outreach issues in the clean water arena to help ensure strong, unified message development. The Committee also provides a unique forum for utility public relations professionals to network, exchange ideas and outreach strategies, and discuss best management practices in the communications sphere. Roster

• Facility & Collection Systems Committee

  Addresses issues such as combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, treatment plant operations, and collection system management. The Committee also works on actions that can improve the ability of utilities to deal with wet weather flows, such as use peak wet weather treatment systems at the plant or installation of green infrastructure and other low-impact development techniques throughout the collection system service area. Roster

• Legal Affairs Committee

  Addresses a wide array of legal issues as they relate to public clean water utilities, including permit negotiations, enforcement actions, lawsuits from citizen activist groups, and utility operational issues.  The Committee also sponsors NACWA’s annual National Clean Water Law Seminar & Consent Decree Workshop, as well as develops legal resources for NACWA members. Roster

• Legislative & Regulatory Policy Committee

  Develops and oversees – with input from other Standing Committees – NACWA’s overall advocacy positions on regulatory and legislative issues.  This includes policies, goals, positions, priorities, and strategies on the breadth of regulatory and legislative issues affecting public clean water utilities.  The Committee ensures that Association positions are timely, effectively-communicated, and widely-distributed, and also facilitates determinations regarding allocation of resources from the Targeted Action Fund for identified non-litigation projects. Roster

• Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Committee

  Addresses issues regarding the National Industrial Pretreatment Program, as well as voluntary pollution prevention measures taken by utilities, and aids utilities in staying in compliance with pretreatment regulations. The Committee sponsors the annual NACWA National Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Workshop. Roster

• Security & Emergency Preparedness Committee

  Addresses security and emergency preparedness issues to secure the nation's publicly owned clean water utilities from natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or cyber-attacks, and to ensure efficient recovery of service when disruptions occur. Roster

• Stormwater Management Committee

  Focuses on a variety of matters related to stormwater management, including federal and state stormwater regulations and legislation, legal cases and developments affecting stormwater agencies, best management practices, the use of green infrastructure to control wet weather flows, and emerging stormwater permitting concerns related to nutrients and other pollutants. Roster

• Utility & Resource Management Committee

  Addresses a wide array of clean water utility management, funding, financing, and rate setting issues. The Committee oversees much of the Association’s work on the Utility of the Future, manages the triennial NACWA Financial Survey, and oversees the annual NACWA Index. Roster

• Water Quality Committee

  Focuses on a broad spectrum of water quality issues including water quality and human health criteria development and implementation, analytical methods, whole effluent toxicity, nutrients, emerging contaminants, and total maximum daily load (TMDL) development and implementation. Roster